Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons, Singapore, 2000-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-519

  Win, Khin Mar Kyi ^a   Chee, Cynthia B E ^a   Shen, Liang ^b   Wang, Yee T ^a   Cutter, Jeffery ^c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOREIGN STUDENT; FOREIGN WORKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952350739     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.101615     Document Type: Article

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